P A Oxley Antique Clocks & Barometers has dated this piece to the 1800s.
The quarters struck on two bells in a ‘ting tang’ fashion. The silvered brass square dial signed by the maker with Roman Chapters and matching blued steel hands. The dial also with Strike/Silent facility above XII and framed within a silvered brass sight ring. The finely made rosewood veneered case of small proportions with bun feet to the base, gadrooning detail, brass fish scale frets to the side and a Pagoda Top with a turned rosewood finial to the centre.
Height: 15"
Note: Ebenezer Simmons was working in London from C.1815 to C.1869. This is a rare example of a small Quarter Striking Bracket Clock.
P A Oxley Antique Clocks & Barometers has dated this piece to the 1800s.
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